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Devi Shastri

Fortune

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U.S. has already posted more measles cases than in any year since 1991 and 2025 is only half over

The CDC's count is 14 more than 2019, when America almost lost its status of having eliminated the vaccine-preventable illness.

10.07.2025 30

Fortune

Devi Shastri

RFK Jr. heads to West Texas, where a second child has died from measles-related causes as outbreak nears 500 cases

This is the third known measles-related death tied to this outbreak. One was another child in Texas and the other was an adult in New Mexico.

07.04.2025 4

Fortune

Devi Shastri

First U.S. measles death in over a decade: Unvaccinated child dies of virus in Texas outbreak that’s infected more than 120 people

Measles is a respiratory virus that can survive in the air for up to two hours. Up to 9 out of 10 people who are susceptible will get the virus if...

27.02.2025 50

Fortune

Devi Shastri

Texas and New Mexico have measles outbreaks. Here’s what to know about vaccines and the disease

State health officials say this outbreak is Texas' largest in nearly 30 years. 

19.02.2025 8

Fortune

Devi Shastri

Officials rush to order EpiPens after hurricane unleashes swarms of wasps and bees

Officials are buying Benadryl and epinephrine injections to help fill requests as wasp stings surge.

05.10.2024 2

Fortune

Devi Shastri